time out

time out
noun
a pause from doing something (as work)
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we took a 10-minute break

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he took time out to recuperate

• Syn: ↑respite, ↑recess, ↑break
• Derivationally related forms: ↑break (for: ↑break), ↑recess (for: ↑recess)
• Hypernyms: ↑pause
• Hyponyms: ↑spring break

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time out, or time-out «TYM OWT», noun, plural time-outs.
1. a period when play is suspended during the course of a game, at the request of one team, a player, an umpire, or other official, or a coach.
2. any period of suspension of activity; respite: »

to take time out from work to smoke a cigarette.

3. a period of quiet or enforced separation, often used to discipline or manage children: »

Anticipating a time out, young Harold retreated to his chair after he had drawn on the white walls with his purple crayon.

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n.
1) time for rest or recreation away from one's usual work or studies

she is taking time out from her hectic tour

■ usu. timeout or time-out a brief break in play in a game or sport

he inadvertently called for a timeout with two seconds remaining

■ also timeout or time-out an imposed temporary suspension of activities, esp. the separation of a misbehaving child from one or more playmates as a disciplinary measure

it's the third time this week he's been in time-out

2) usu. timeout Computing a cancellation or cessation that automatically occurs when a predefined interval of time has passed without a certain event occurring

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ˌtime ˈout | ˌtime sthˈout derived
(of a computer program or task) to turn off, or turn sth off, automatically after a particular length of time even if the user has not finished

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My satellite connection timed out— it was so frustrating.

Main entry: ↑timederived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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